Interesting angle.
The original piece neglects the detail that W was almost as arrogant – and pretty much got smashed by the Gods into ridiculousness as well
HillBuz forgets that Hera usually intervenes only out of jealousy when Zeus’s filandering is involved.
But yes, Greek Gods did punish hubris – and if I’d pick a God that would strike Obama, it would have to be Poseidon for full justice.
Here’s a fun read by Victor David Hanson, where he invokes Greek myth in the form of the lesser goddess Nemesis to explain the collapse of the cult of Obama. In short, he waxes on the Olympian plane to recount Dr. Utopia’s determined hubris as a candidate, where he constantly used grandiose hyperbole to delude his cultists into believing, as president, he would “lower the oceans”, “heal the planet”, “fix broken souls”, and do everything else thi … Read More
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June 25, 2010 at 1:57 pm
cj
Thank you, what a great read:
Why was there a need for all that megalomaniac hocus-pocus about slowing the “rise of the oceans” and healing the planet? Sure enough, Nemesis ensured that instead of Lord Poseidon lowering the seas, Obama is now a smoky Hephaestus fouling them up.
They were just helping America reach the orgasmic climax of self-congratulations on the eve of electing its first black president. Too bad it had to be Obama.
Now the question is, will America be able to admit that its first black prez turned out to be a dud? I just don’t know. Is all that subconscious imagery too important to let fail?
June 25, 2010 at 9:01 pm
edgeoforever
Remember how Obama made a point in calling Clarence Thomas stupid? I wonder how soon someone will speak the truth about him.
June 25, 2010 at 10:10 pm
cj
Ick, pot meet kettle. As far as I can tell, Thomas has contributed as much to SCOTUS as Barry did at the Harvard Law Review. And both hold women in such high regard. :barf:
But no, I don’t think anyone who matters will ever have the guts to tell the truth about Obama. He might not get reelected, but the O-media will make damned sure that a chorus of Abraham, Martin & John follows him whereever he goes.
Speaking of Clarence, Townhall’s list of the 100 conservatives most hated by liberals:
http://media.glennbeck.com/docs/100americans-pg1.pdf
Meh, if I had to put a hate label on it, then it would still be the war criminals —> Bush, Cheney & Rumsfeld, the family values crew —> James Dobson /Tony Perkins/Phyllis Schlafly, and the right wing of SCOTUS.
June 26, 2010 at 6:59 am
edgeoforever
I am right with you with the “hate” list. The media whores are barely on my radar – especially now – when they are irrelevant. So are the RW politicians of the present day – they can’t do a fraction of the wrongs Obama& friends does.
My ‘hatred” is directly proportional with the effectiveness – past or present, so yeah, your list is the same as mine.
But they are not wrong if they call B0bots “liberals” They do tend to obsess on Palin, Steele and assorted RW blowhard pundits these days even as the WH distributes talking points to most media.